diff --git a/include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h b/include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h
index 9efabc9d6b1..d8ccb5063d6 100644
--- a/include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h
+++ b/include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ typedef struct {
   "grpc.disable_client_authority_filter"
 /** If set to zero, disables use of http proxies. Enabled by default. */
 #define GRPC_ARG_ENABLE_HTTP_PROXY "grpc.enable_http_proxy"
+/** Channel arg to set http proxy per channel. If set, the channel arg
+ *  value will be prefered over the envrionment variable settings. */
+#define GRPC_ARG_HTTP_PROXY "grpc.http_proxy"
 /** If set to non zero, surfaces the user agent string to the server. User
     agent is surfaced by default. */
 #define GRPC_ARG_SURFACE_USER_AGENT "grpc.surface_user_agent"
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/http_proxy.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/http_proxy.cc
index 0ccad5b6595..d4900547bde 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/http_proxy.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/http_proxy.cc
@@ -45,17 +45,23 @@ namespace {
  * credentials if present in the 'http_proxy' env var, otherwise leaves it
  * unchanged. It is caller's responsibility to gpr_free user_cred.
  */
-char* GetHttpProxyServer(char** user_cred) {
+char* GetHttpProxyServer(const grpc_channel_args* args, char** user_cred) {
   GPR_ASSERT(user_cred != nullptr);
   grpc_uri* uri = nullptr;
   char* proxy_name = nullptr;
   char** authority_strs = nullptr;
   size_t authority_nstrs;
-  /* Prefer using 'grpc_proxy'. Fallback on 'http_proxy' if it is not set.
-   * Also prefer using 'https_proxy' with fallback on 'http_proxy'. The
-   * fallback behavior can be removed if there's a demand for it.
+  /* We check the following places to determine the HTTP proxy to use, stopping
+   * at the first one that is set:
+   * 1. GRPC_ARG_HTTP_PROXY channel arg
+   * 2. grpc_proxy environment variable
+   * 3. https_proxy environment variable
+   * 4. http_proxy environment variable
+   * If none of the above are set, then no HTTP proxy will be used.
    */
-  char* uri_str = gpr_getenv("grpc_proxy");
+  char* uri_str =
+      gpr_strdup(grpc_channel_args_find_string(args, GRPC_ARG_HTTP_PROXY));
+  if (uri_str == nullptr) uri_str = gpr_getenv("grpc_proxy");
   if (uri_str == nullptr) uri_str = gpr_getenv("https_proxy");
   if (uri_str == nullptr) uri_str = gpr_getenv("http_proxy");
   if (uri_str == nullptr) return nullptr;
@@ -103,7 +109,7 @@ class HttpProxyMapper : public ProxyMapperInterface {
       return false;
     }
     char* user_cred = nullptr;
-    *name_to_resolve = GetHttpProxyServer(&user_cred);
+    *name_to_resolve = GetHttpProxyServer(args, &user_cred);
     if (*name_to_resolve == nullptr) return false;
     char* no_proxy_str = nullptr;
     grpc_uri* uri = grpc_uri_parse(server_uri, false /* suppress_errors */);